Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?
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Author(s)
Field, Erica
Jayachandran, Seema
Pande, Rohini
Rigol, Natalia
Date Issued
May 1, 2016
Journal
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Publisher
American Economic Association
Citation
Field, Erica, et al. "Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?" American Economic Journal-Economic Policy 8 2 (2016): 125-53.
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Abstract
Does the lack of peers contribute to the observed gender gap in entrepreneurial success? A random sample of customers of India's largest women's bank was offered two days of business counseling, and a random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention significantly increased participants' business activity, but only if they were trained with a friend. Those trained with a friend were more likely to have taken out business loans, were less likely to be housewives, and reported increased business activity and higher household income, with stronger impacts among women subject to social norms that restrict female mobility. (JEL G21, J16, J24, L26, M53, O16, Z13)
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10.1257/pol.20140215
